Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-01
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Yesterday aftsEnoon : Powx-Errxzxx.
azScE1 rsDoEteF met Mr.. O Il Hsuford
q sae law Arm Of 0rssns, Haufsrd 4
1esFau. attorneys for ths BsgIinaham
Bay Railway and EavieAtisu oompsuv
woo said Il am elad MeNauehs s.v,
snaa oasr be gave 20 Can6eId awav. =
g vas tbs only ons Who eouId 40 Il ana
DOT betEsy . oonh9ssss. Wh.s h a.ia
y yea about the al liz was trus Ia eVsrv
pAftsealar, whieh I knsw aa ara Fnsx
tof Uann@id and bis assoeiafSa. b1f
sn1cn o. course / vas In duty bound "a
1eeD seeEe&. EaswifhasandinR tha
efeladiea aRetuss Canfeld, IL aon,e auar-
Ietns snd the abuss beapsd upon ~. ala
kst1sal 70 accept shhf Offer Of ths Nor
tneFn raeinc Company ahows that be il
not the kind Of man Who wouId lie %
we Interests Of the people Of ttis civ
and Aid ether poinfs aI0ug chs line Of
nls road even for his personal gain.
what we want IL an indspeudenf line
from seattle 10 oonnest With the Cana
dian Pacific, owned By 9 esupauV IN
tefeseed IN the welfare Of the psouIs
hspR the line, which viii treat All Alike.
and deal out eQasi and exaat iastiea 20
the patrons o. the road. IL the Nor
tnesn Pacific should aet control Of tbe
road they could work it 10 their own in
teFest, and instead Of tue line proving
benedt 70 Seattle IL would Be- dfFsctlV
tno opposite. ] am sare the peooIe. When
they learn all tbs faafs, win oammanA
Senator OanheId fer his refusal Of tha
80. 90 and half the tswn sitas. / eouId
ell yea Of better offer than that haV-
ing been made - and refused bV him.
II vas e. liberty 70 Do 80"
goHE LzAn1, Eso.
10 Speaking Of The statement Of Mr..
MsNaaght. pabliahad yesterday meFp-
log. said: That statement VS. quite 4
surprise 90 me, although had been t.
see Mr.. Garfield on 9 similar mission.
sent 10 him In the interest Of the nsv
company, watch h nov preparing 20
build ths road, and offered kim $4,000
Tor his franchise, merely 90 Reimburse
aim for ths time and money be had
expended or the enterprise, bat be de-
elined the offer, and 1t the same tina
showed no evidences OF going on with
the work. The parties whom vas
representing stood ready 20 commence
work az once, aud when he Senator re-
fused 10 consider What we considered
any reasonable proposition, We deter
mined 10 waste no further sime, bat
vent ahead preparing fsE the imRsdiate
commencement of work"
gAMxB M'EkUazT,
Referring 70 the published interview,
said: "fhe report Of the conversation
was practically correct in every paFsicu-
lar, bat when was talking I did not
know my remarks vera 10 be pabliahed.
Since they have been, however, I must
stand by them. ThaEs is i0uaaal pub
li4hed al our terminus which leOses no
opportunity Of pitching int me on
every occasion, and ! lock with cen
siderable interest for she next issue of
that paper, which, ] suppose, will be de.
voted 20 abusing me on account OF the
publication Of that conversation"
Reporter - Way, Mr.. McNsught.
there was nothing in your talk which re-
hseted on Tacoma, bat on the other
hand you rather spoke veil Of the place.
Mr.. MeNaugkt - That IL true, bat
don't yoa see when spoke Of the Union
Pacific leasing the road between Seattle
and Stuck, and either building an indie
pendent line from the Oolumbia TO Stuck
function, OF arranging for tEaskaRe over
the Northern, is where the shoe pinches
my Tacoma friends.